Mystery of Mercy

According to your steadfast love

According to your abundant mercy

Blot out our transgressions

Lord declare us not guilty

The mystery of mercy

Confounds our finite minds

We don't deserve forgiveness

Yet God is loving-kind

We turn, helpless we turn

We turn, helpless we turn

His blood endures

Come to God's mercy seat

His blood secures

All the mercy we ever need

Some will be forgiven

For some guilt will remain

We cast ourselves upon your grace

We plead, erase our guilty stains

It pleases him to hear our cry

If over sin we weep and mourn

We long to have the blood applied

Through redemption to be reborn

We turn, helpless we turn

We turn, helpless we turn

His blood endures

Come to God's mercy seat

His blood secures

All the mercy we ever need

The mystery of mercy

Bewilders the blessed who receive

The blood atones for sin for me

Though I may ponder I believe.

Psalm 51

Anthony Foster

August 10, 2018